Michelangelo the Byzantines and Plato - Elena Ene Draghici-Vasilescu

The book connects Michelangelo s education within an environment marked by Byzantine artistic presence with his work. There are no publications that underscore the exposure of the Florentine artist to the culture of Byzantium and this volume fills that gap. Prof. Elena Ene Draghici-Vasilescu teaches and researches in the fields of the History of Ideas Philosophy Art History with particular focus on Late Antiquity and Medieval Studies. She does it for the University of Oxford and independently. Most recently her work has treated aspects of Mediterranean culture. She is Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in Great Britain. Dr. Vasilescu has published numerous books and articles with Oxford University Press Palgrave Routledge Peeters and Vasilescu Academic Oxford her own publishing house . She is often invited to give lectures at national and international events. Among her latest books are Byzantine and Medieval Cappadocia 2024 Creation and Time. Byzantine and Modern 2021 Michelangelo the Byzantines and Plato first edition 2021 Glimpses into Byzantium. Its Philosophy and Arts an anthology of peer-reviewed articles published by the author from 2019 to 2021 . Dr. Vasilescu has also published chapters in collective volumes by Ashgate Routledge etc. The author also write poetry. She published poems in Luceafarul using the name Guliman in Mezomorf and the volume E Dreptul Meu.